The Sleeping Beast

“Everything is fine. As long as you don’t tell anyone…”

Kristjan and the other kids from the neighbourhood are best friends and spend their summer days with games and adventures in an abandoned old factory. After being chased away from the grounds by Elmar, the grumpy security guard, a freak accident casts a dark shadow over the group – and Kristjan has to face the hardest decision of his young life. Will he dare to save a life against all odds? Or will his loyalty to his friends stand firm?

"...challenges the audience to think what they might do in a given situation where the pressures to conform are immense"     

This contemporary reworking of a Lord Of The Flies-esque narrative – what happens when children are left to fend for themselves and imaginative games become horrifyingly real – challenges the audience to think what they might do in a given situation where the pressures to conform are immense. There are no easy answers, the pressure to follow the group is intense and the consequences could be life-changing. So. What would you do?